Water-closet tank.



PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

' Noisomzzv M. L. MARTIN.

WATER CLOSET TANK. APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1905.

lmmi' il-llm iii 11 mentor (ML. JVarZIJm Witnesses attorneys MILESILENUAL MARTIN, OF MACON, GEORGIA.

WATER-CLOSET TANK,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Application filed May 16, 1905. Serial No. 260,644.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MILES LENUAL MARTIN, residing at Macon, in the county of 'Bibb and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water- Closet 'Ianks, of which the following is a specificatlon.

My invention relates to improvements in that type of flushing-tanks in which the outflow is produced by a siphonic action, and my said invention seeks to provide a tank of the character stated of a simple and economical construction, which can be easily manipulated, and which will effectively serve its intended purposes.

My invention comprehends an improved arrangement of a float for controlling the valve in the inlet-nozzle, the siphon or ofltake device, and the peculiar cooperative arrangement of the several parts, whereby they can be operatively joined without the use of leather, rubber, or gum washers, all of which will be specifically described, pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved water-closet tank. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof, the float being shown in dotted lines pulled down to cause the water-level to riseabovethesiphon-elbow. Fig. 3 is a view illustrating in detail the float-controlled device and the valve actuated thereby.

In the drawings, A indicates the tank, which may be of any approved form; B, the waterfeed pipe the upper end of which terminates in an elbow b, discharges near the bottom of the tank, and is provided with a controllingvalve 10, the construction of which is best shown in Fig. 3, by reference to which it will benoticed that the same is of the ordinary two-way type and is firmly held to its seat by the spring 10, the gland 10 and the adjusting-screw 10, and the butt-end of the said valve is apertured, as at 10, to receive the stem f of the float-rod F, which extends upwardly at an angle and has at its outer end an elongated slot f? to receive the pin 6, that secures the inner end of the pull-rod E, the outer end of which is bent over the outside of the tank A, passes the guide-brackets a a on the upper and lower edges of the tank, and has its lower end apertured to receive the chain D, as clearly shown in the drawings.

M designates the float, which has a pendent bifurcated extension m, which is fulcrurned to the float-rod by the key-pin y, as shown.

G designates the outlet'or siphon pipe the lower end of which is secured in the bottom of the tank by washers H in the ordinary manner, and the said lower end is threaded to connect with the flushing-pipe section H, that leads to the bowl, as shown in Fig. 1.

As clearly shown in Fig. 2, the float-rod and the float are correlatively so connected with the inlet orfeed pipe valve that the inflow of the water will be cut off when the water-level reaches the point just about in line with the elbow or upper end of the siphon-pipe G, the said level being such that when the float is pulled down the water will be raised above the said siphon-pipe to create the syphonic action through the siphon or flushing pipe.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the complete construction of my improved flushing-tank and the manner of its operation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains,

By securing the float-rod in the manner shown it is obvious that the float will always assume its level position when it rises to its maximum height to shift the rod to close off the water-feed to the tank, such arrangement of the float being also provided to prevent splashing water over the top of the tank.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

1. In a flushing-tank of the character described, the combination with an inlet-pipe Whose discharge end is U-shaped, a cut-off valve in the upper part of the U-shaped discharge end of the inlet-pipe, said cut-off valve having its stem apertured, a rod passing through the aperture of said valve-stem, a setscrew for securing said valve to said stem, said rod projecting upwardly and having a portion bent at an angle thereto at its upper end, afloat havinga pendent bifurcated member pivotally connected to the upper portion of said rod, the outer end of said float-rod having a longitudinal slot, a U-shaped pull-rod having a portion for cooperating with said slot, bearings on the outside of the tank for said rod, a siphoning offtake-pipe provided at its lower end with a plurality of apertures g and having an aperture g at the upper bend thereof,

all being arranged substantially as shown and for the purposes described.-

2. In a flushing-tank of the character described, the combination with an inlet-pipe having a cut-oifvalve and a siphoning-pipe;

g 800,227 i i of a rod F connected with the valve of the in- 1 its lower end pivotaily connected with the let-pipe, said rod extending upwardly at an slotted end of the pulley-rod, all being ar- 10 angle from the said pipe, a float having a ranged substantially as shown and described.

pendent bifurcated member pivotally con- *i r 5 nected to the upper end of the said rod, the MILEb LENUAL MARUN' outer end of the float-rod being slotted longi- Vitnesses:

tudinally, anda U-shaped pull-rod movable in J AS. GRIFFIN, J12,

guides on the outside of the tank and having J. T. W001). 

